FC Torpedo Minsk

FC Torpedo Minsk (Belarusian: ПФК Тарпеда Мінск, PFK Tarpeda Minsk; Russian: ПФК Торпедо Минск) is a Belarusian football club, playing in Minsk. The team plays their home games at the Torpedo Stadium in Minsk, which holds 4,800 people.

Torpedo Minsk
Full nameFC Torpedo Minsk
Nickname(s)Чорна-белыя (The Black-Whites)
Аўтазаводцы (Car factory men)
Founded1947
Dissolved2019
GroundTorpedo Stadium, Minsk
Capacity4,800
2019Premier League, 16th (withdrew)

History
Torpedo playing against FC Dynamo Brest (June 2018)

During Soviet years, Torpedo was playing in the Belarusian SSR top league and won championships in 1947, 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1969.

The team was playing in the Belarusian Premier League since 1992. Their most successful years were in the early 2000s, when the team finished in 4th position twice in a row (2002, 2003) and reached the final of the Belarusian Cup (2000).

In early 2005, Torpedo-SKA lost financial support from their sponsor and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to the Second League. Torpedo-SKA won the Second League in 2005, but at the end of the season, the club was disbanded. The owner moved to a new football team, named FC Minsk (legally a successor of Smena Minsk), which also used the same office and stadium as disbanded Torpedo-SKA. Only one player from Torpedo-SKA 2005 squad joined Minsk.

In 2007, the team was reformed as Torpedo-MAZ and started playing in Minsk championship, which is a part of KFK, Belarusian amateur league (4th lever in league pyramid).[1] In 2009, the team finished in 3rd position and was eligible to represent Minsk in the final tournament for two promotion spots to the Second League (as the first two teams either declined or weren't eligible), but finished on the 3rd position.[2] Successful performance in Minsk championship and cup allowed them to qualify for Belarusian Cup twice (2009 and 2010), but they were eliminated from the tournament after the first game both times.

In 2014, the team rejoined Belarusian Second League under their original name Torpedo Minsk, and in the following year was won the promotion into Belarusian First League. In 2018, they were promoted to the Belarusian Premier League as a replacement for Krumkachy Minsk, who had their Premier League license revoked due to debts.

Midway through the 2019 season, Torpedo withdrew from the Premier League due to lack of financing. All their remaining matches were forfeited 0–3 in favor of their opponents.[3]

Name change
  • 1947: Torpedo
  • 1947: Torpedo-MTZ
  • 1999: Torpedo-MAZ
  • 2003: Torpedo-SKA
  • 2005: disbanded
  • 2007: Torpedo-MAZ
  • 2014: Torpedo

Honours

League and Cup history
Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
19921st101553715–1713Quarter-finals
1992–931st93210101229–3330Round of 32
1993–941st630915618–1833Quarter-finals
1994–951st6301110936–2932Round of 16
19951st91553712–2718Round of 32
19961st1230781532–5329
19971st8301261245–4342Round of 16
19981st728128844–2244Round of 16
19991st10301051531–4735Semi-finals
20001st8301310745–2849Runners-up
20011st826107931–3237Round of 16
20021st426156530–1651Round of 16
20031st430197454–2064Round of 16
20041st6301371037–3146Round of 32Bankrupted, relegated
20053rd126224075–970Round of 16Disbanded
2006Round of 64
20074th52083937-4227
20084th51443719-3315
20094th3
20104th418102635-1732Round of 64
20114th11493240-1430Round of 64
20124th31472525–2023
20134th922741136–3825
20143rd62285928–2629
20153rd418104427–1334Round of 128promoted
20162nd926961135–3633Round of 64
20172nd330176760–2957Round of 32promoted
20181st1430661820–4124Round of 32
20191st163013264–636Round of 16Withdrew, relegated
2020Round of 16Disbanded

References
  1. "Тарпеда Менск. 2000–ыя гады". tarpeda.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  2. "Тарпеда Менск. Сезон 2009". tarpeda.org. Archived from the original on 2009-09-20. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  3. Минское «Торпедо» снимается с чемпионата Беларуси
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